Virtopsy:Development and Application in Forensic Practice  

作　　者：Dong-Hua Zou Yuan-Yuan Liu Ning-Guo Liu Yi-Jiu Chen 

机构地区：[1]Department of Forensic Pathology,Academy of Forensic Science,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine,Shanghai Forensic Service Platform,Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine,Ministry of Justice,Shanghai,China [2]Department of Forensic Pathology and Clinical,College of Basic Medicine and Forensic Medicine,Henan University of Science and Technology,Luoyang,Henan,China

出　　处：《Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine》2024年第4期343-350,共8页法庭科学与法医学杂志(英文)

基　　金：supported by grants from the Central Research Institute Public Project(GY2024D-1);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82171872);Shanghai Yangfan Special Programme(23YF1448700);Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine(21DZ2270800);Shanghai Forensic Service Platform,Key Laboratory of Forensic Science,Ministry of Justice,the Project of Shanghai Association of Forensic Science(SHSFJD2023-008);the 2023 Open Foundation of Key Laboratory of Forensic Pathology,Ministry of Public Security,P.R.China(GAFYBL202308);Guizhou"Hundred"High-level Innovative Talent Project,Qian Science Platform Talents[2020]6012-2;Guizhou Scientific Support Project,Qian Science Support[2023]General 452.

摘　　要：Although represents traditional and classical examination in forensic medicine,nowadays,autopsy,sometimes,is still rejected or not tolerated for its damage to the corpse.Virtopsy offers a noninvasive investigation approach and can also reflect fracture,soft-tissue injury,wound track,and organ trauma objectively and accurately.In addition,virtual autopsies can be used as a complementary tool for areas that are difficult or complex to dissect;in certain cases,where the destruction of a body is prohibited,virtual autopsies provide an alternative to traditional autopsies as an examination method.The virtual autopsy can scan and record a body from head to toe in a short,quick operation,which greatly improves the efficiency of forensic identification.On the other hand,the virtual autopsy is permanently stored through DICOM data and can be subject to a variety of postprocessing operations.Virtual autopsy provides two-dimensional and three-dimensional postprocessing techniques,combining surface and in vivo information with geometrically realistic records,and even combining with finite elements for computer-simulated dynamic simulation studies.Thus,virtopsy can provide visual and powerful evidence for forensic pathological practice.This article mainly synthesizes the latest literature and reviews the application of virtopsy in forensic trauma identification,mechanical asphyxia,drowning,hypothermia and hyperthermia,disease diagnosis,as well as a new research direction of finite element method applied in trauma investigation.

关 键 词：Forensic medicine postmortem computed tomography postmortem magnetic resonance imaging VIRTOPSY 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]